The 17th conference provided a forum of excellence in science related to all aspects of the pig industry. Since its inception, the ASPA conference has continued to grow both in size and in recognition for the quality of papers presented and this time the conference was attended by more than 300 delegates with over 100 papers presented by invited and contributing authors.
Orffa was presented by Martin Sinclair (commercial manager Australia & New-Zealand) and Brecht Bruneel (central technical manager, Belgium). The utilisation of a nutritional emulsifier (Excential Energy Plus) in energy reduced fattening pig diets was proposed by Orffa as a way to improve economics of the feed by taking out added oil and improve simultaneously the performance of the animals.